nubuntu.org— "I am stopping development of nUbuntu due to no longer having any time to do it. Sosuke I will ship the iBook back ASAP. -- TomB"Nubuntu will be missed.
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>Probably to save bandwidth, all I can hope is that someone in the community>will bring it back from the dead with permission from the guy that made it.Unless he added any propietary software of his own, I don't think there's any problem with distributing and maintaining nUBbuntu ISOs. Maybe removing trademarks or custom(copyrighted) artwork.
I completely agree, when I see a new project I'm always turned off when it's website features a 'donate' button; it tells me that the project has come to fruition w/o the right reasons, and then you'll have people reporting bugs and the devs will get into this, it's not free to code, I need help paying my bills. Mezzo/SymphonyOS, I'm looking at you, and to a lesser extent, Daniel Robbins, the Gentoo guy; the distro rocked and got lots of attention, then he complained he wasn't making any money. Very strange, people have to live and make a living, but don't count on some open source project to put you into the Googlesphere.
you just awnsered your own question.. ".....and add packages related to security testing, and remove unneeded packages, such as Gnome, Openoffice.org, and Evolution"see "distribution" ( it's just a collection of software, and some customization )
just to note: they pulled some very similar s**t a couple months ago as an april fool's joke saying that Canonical had shut them down for infringement. This may/may not be done in seriousness.
It's a friggen donate button. No different than getting tips for doing good work. Yeah, they put it on their site in hopes to make some money from it, but they aren't explicitly charging you for software. I like to think of donate buttons as ways for users to say "Please continue working on this project". However, at the end of it all...who would you donate to? The nUbuntu guys really aren't contributing much to the community. Anyone can make their own distro by tossing together some packages, and from what I can tell, nUbuntu doesn't offer anything but a few moments time saved from not having to download the packages yourself. But then there's people who actually write code or signigicantly improve something. Personally, I would rather give money to someone giving away their code than people repackaging someone else's gift.
joelitoSep 10, 2006
>Probably to save bandwidth, all I can hope is that someone in the community>will bring it back from the dead with permission from the guy that made it.Unless he added any propietary software of his own, I don't think there's any problem with distributing and maintaining nUBbuntu ISOs. Maybe removing trademarks or custom(copyrighted) artwork.
fak3rSep 12, 2006
I completely agree, when I see a new project I'm always turned off when it's website features a 'donate' button; it tells me that the project has come to fruition w/o the right reasons, and then you'll have people reporting bugs and the devs will get into this, it's not free to code, I need help paying my bills. Mezzo/SymphonyOS, I'm looking at you, and to a lesser extent, Daniel Robbins, the Gentoo guy; the distro rocked and got lots of attention, then he complained he wasn't making any money. Very strange, people have to live and make a living, but don't count on some open source project to put you into the Googlesphere.
kubudubudubuntuSep 12, 2006
you just awnsered your own question.. ".....and add packages related to security testing, and remove unneeded packages, such as Gnome, Openoffice.org, and Evolution"see "distribution" ( it's just a collection of software, and some customization )
Closed AccountSep 12, 2006
Don't worry troon, I was about to point out the very same error."It's" is only used as a contraction people!
lwatcdrSep 12, 2006
Great way to get publicity. I would have never heard of it if not for this dig story.
mikechmlSep 12, 2006
<a class="user" href="http://www.duggmirror.com/linux_unix/Nubuntu_Closes_it_s_doors/">http://www.duggmirror.com/linux_unix/Nubuntu_Closes_it_s_doors/</a>It was meant to be closing down at the time of being dugg.
bndocksntSep 12, 2006
^^ please teach this guy not to be such a candy ass.candy ass = one who's ass is constructed primarily or entirely of candy(proper noun) calande
diggapleazeSep 12, 2006
just to note: they pulled some very similar s**t a couple months ago as an april fool's joke saying that Canonical had shut them down for infringement. This may/may not be done in seriousness.
msgyrdSep 12, 2006
It's a friggen donate button. No different than getting tips for doing good work. Yeah, they put it on their site in hopes to make some money from it, but they aren't explicitly charging you for software. I like to think of donate buttons as ways for users to say "Please continue working on this project". However, at the end of it all...who would you donate to? The nUbuntu guys really aren't contributing much to the community. Anyone can make their own distro by tossing together some packages, and from what I can tell, nUbuntu doesn't offer anything but a few moments time saved from not having to download the packages yourself. But then there's people who actually write code or signigicantly improve something. Personally, I would rather give money to someone giving away their code than people repackaging someone else's gift.